Factors contributing to endemic cholera in Douala, Cameroon;Déterminants du choléra à Douala

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-291

  Guevart E ^a,d   Noeske, J ^a   Solle, J ^a   Essomba, J M ^b   Edjenguele, Mbonji ^b   Bita, A ^a   Mouangue, A ^a   Manga, B ^c  

^a Delegation Provinciale de la Sante Publique du Littoral   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Cameroon)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cholera; Environment; Faecal pollution

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHOLERA; CROWDING; DRAIN; DROUGHT; EDUCATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; RIVER; SANDY SOIL; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLID WASTE; STREAM (RIVER); SWAMP; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; CAMEROON; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; REVIEW; SOIL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALGAE; VIBRIO;

CAMEROON; CHOLERA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SOIL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33750576601     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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